There is no shortage of disciplines and industries rife with sexism. The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are particularly well known for their misogynistic cultures.

David Glenn’s “Economists Ponder Their Doctoral Programs ... " (Research Notes, The Chronicle, January 20) provides a tantalizing glimpse of the gender bias that haunts graduate study in economics.

Erin K. Fletcher, an economist with the global, nonprofit health-and-education organization Results for Development, feels so strongly about her field’s problem with sexism that she left academe.

After just one week in an economics course, it’s not uncommon to see many students drop the class. However, for some women in economics, course difficulty isn’t the only barrier they’re facing.

The percentage of women in full-time professor positions in research-oriented economics departments is 8 to 13 percent, according to an Institute of Labor Economics study in 2018. The share of women ...

The Nobel economics prize was awarded Monday to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin for research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labor market. The announcement ...

On the eve of the 2008 financial crisis, economists were feeling optimistic. The two-headed beast that had blighted the economy throughout the 1970s and 1980s – inflation combined with unemployment – ...

The New York Times recently published an article on gender bias in the field of economics with insights from experts, including Yale economist Judith Chevalier. Research has indicated that women are ...

There is no shortage of disciplines and industries rife with sexism. The STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – are particularly well known for their misogynistic cultures.

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 5 - Gender Equality. Gender differences permeate every aspect of economic life, from labour market participation and earnings to ...